hart2hart Posted February 19 Posted February 19 In a land far away and a long time ago, I (like many/most) sent notifications to phone-number@vtext.com by telecom industry. For many rational reasons this was first frowned upon and then blocked. I switched to using a Spark email address and it’s been okay but I’d like to get back to text notifications. Is it possible and if so how? Thanks
Geddy Posted February 19 Posted February 19 32 minutes ago, hart2hart said: I’d like to get back to text notifications. Is it possible and if so how? It's "possible", but like before, "frowned upon" and some carriers block or delay/filter notifications. The much better option is the Notification plugin with UD Mobile and/or Pushover app (on mobile devices). With the Notification plugin you can send push alerts to the phone (using UD Mobile or Pushover). If you're on iOS, I believe, Pushover allows to use alerts even if the phone is in a focus mode (I can't 100% confirm that as I don't use the app, but recall others saying that in the past). For the text alerts I would suggest using a free email provider (gmail, yahoo, outlook - setup options for Gmail are available in the wiki) to push alerts to text email address. Just so it isn't trying to push a lot of email to text alerts from the default server. Many carriers are trying to cut down on email to sms and have instituted a registration and fee process to attempt to limit spam. Only time will tell if it works or not. But could very well impact the ability for the UD server to send messages to cell numbers. 1
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